Master of Technology In Civil Engineering (Environment) · 1. CE-601 Solid & Hazardous Waste...

Master of Technology

In

Civil Engineering (Environment)

Course Structure & Syllabus

Department of Civil Engineering

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

Hamirpur (HP) – 177005, India

Department of Civil Engineering 2

Course Structure of M.Tech. Civil Engineering (Environment)

SEMESTER-I

S. No. Course No. Course Name Teaching Schedule Hours/

Week

Credit

L T P

1. CE-691 Environmental Chemistry 4 0 0 4 4

2. CE-692 Air Pollution and Control 4 0 0 4 4

3. CE-693 Advanced Water Treatment 4 0 0 4 4

4. CE-7MN Programme Elective-I 4 0 0 4 4

5. CE-7MN Programme Elective-II 4 0 0 4 4

6. CE-694 Environmental Engg. Lab-I 0 0 4 4 2

Total 20 0 4 24 22

Programme Elective-I & II: List of Programme Electives is given in the Annexure.

SEMESTER-II

S. No. Course No. Course Name Teaching Schedule Hours/

Week

Credit

L T P

1. CE-601 Solid & Hazardous Waste Management 4 0 0 4 4

2. CE-602 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 4 0 0 4 4

3. CE-603 Microbiology and Ecology 4 0 0 4 4

4. CE-7MN Programme Elective-III 4 0 0 4 4

5. CE-7MN Programme Elective-IV 4 0 0 4 4

6. CE-604 Environmental Engg. Lab - II 0 0 4 4 2

Total 20 0 4 24 22

Programme Elective-III & IV: List of Programme Electives is given in the Annexure.

SEMESTER-III

S.

No.

Course No. Course Title Hours/Week Credit

1. CE-800 M.Tech. Dissertation --- 20

Total 20

SEMESTER-IV

S.

No.

Course No. Course Title Hours/Week Credit

1. CE-800 M.Tech. Dissertation --- 20

Total 20

Total Credit of the Programme = 84


Annexure

List of Programme Electives

Programme Elective-I

CE-791 Industrial Waste Management

CE-713 Computation Techniques in Civil Engineering

CE-715 Environmental Impact Assessment

CE-732 Geo-environmental Engineering

Programme Elective-II

CE-792 Introduction to Climate Change

CE-793 Environmental Management

CE-718 GIS and Its Application in Civil Engineering

CE-736 Hazardous Waste and Remediation of Contaminated Sites

Programme Elective-III

CE-701 Bioremediation-Principles and Applications

CE-702 Design of Treatment Plants and Equipment

CE-722 Environmental Hydrology

Programme Elective-IV

CE-703 Environmental Toxicology and Health

CE-723 Disaster Management

CE-726 River Engineering

CE-786 Transportation Environment Interaction


Course Name : Environmental Chemistry

Course Code : CE-691

Course Type : Core

Contact Hours/Week: 4L Course Credits: 04

Course Objectives

To equip students with the knowledge of the chemical properties of elements and

compounds.

To quip students about the chemical reactions essential for the emergence and existence of

the cycling and accumulation of pollutants in the environment.

Course Content

Types of chemical reactions, stoichiometric calculations, solutions, chemical thermodynamics,

fundamentals of process kinetics, gas laws, ways of shifting chemical equilibria. Equilibrium

calculation, alkalinity, acidity, buffers, buffer index. Solubility equilibrium for slightly soluble

salts, effect of other solutes on salt solubility, competing acid-base equilibria, effect of

complexions, hydrolysis, computing total soluble species concentration Oxidation-reduction

processes, stability diagrams, redox potential. Fundamental of Process kinetics: Reaction rate,

order and stoichiometry. Fundamental of surface and colloidal chemistry: surface charge on

colloidal particles, electric double layer, adsorption isotherm. Basic concepts of quantitative

analytical chemistry. Instrumental methods of analysis.

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to

CO1: Synthesize and apply concepts from multiple sub-disciplines in environmental chemistry

and toxicology.

CO2: Use technical and analytical skills to quantify the level and effects of xenobiotic in

environmental compartments.

Books and References

1. Chemistry for Environmental Engineer by Sawyer, C.N., McCarty, P.L., and

Parkin, G.F., McGraw Hill, New Delhi. 2. Process Chemistry for Water and Wastewater Treatment by Benefield, Judkins and

Weand, Prentice Hall.


Course Name : Air Pollution and Control


Course Type : Core


Course Objectives

To make the students aware of history of air pollution; definition of air pollution and various types of

sources and classification of air pollutants.

To make the student aware of techniques and instrumentation of ambient air monitoring, establishment

of ambient air monitoring stations; stack monitoring and experimental analysis of air gaseous and

particulate air pollutants; standards and limits.

Course Content

Air Quality and Standards, Important air pollutants, their sources, characteristics and effects. Sampling and

Analysis: Ambient air sampling, stack sampling, Air quality standards.

Air Pollution Meteorology and Dispersion Models, Atmospheric motion, Lapse rate, atmospheric stability,

inversion, atmospheric dispersion, maximum mixing depth, Diffusion models, plume rise.

Control of Particulates, Characteristics of particulates. Filters, gravitational, centrifugal-multiple type

cyclones, prediction of collection efficiency, pressure drop, wet collectors, Electrostatic Precipitation

theory-particle charging-particle collection-ESP design procedure.

Control of Gaseous Pollutants.

Adsorption, absorption. Emission control in coal-fired power plants and other important industries.

Condensation and incineration

Automobile Pollution, Legislation for motor vehicle emission control, control of automobile pollution,

internal combustion engines, modification of IC engines to reduce emission, air fuel ratio, catalytic

converters.

Odour pollution and control, Indoor air pollution, Noise pollution and control.

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:

CO1: Grasp the fundamentals of air pollution and its associated environmental impacts.

CO2: Earn to describe the key concepts of air quality management.


1. Air Pollution Control Engineering by De Nevers, McGraw-Hill, New York.

2. Air Pollution Its Origin and Control by Wark K, Warner C F and Davis W., Harper and Row, New

York.

3. Air Pollution by Rao M N, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.

4. Principles of Air Quality Management by Griffin R D, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA.


Course Name : Advanced Water Treatment


Course Type : Core


Course Objectives

To provide an overview of both the theoretical and practical aspects of conventional and

advanced water technology for surface water treatment.

Select an appropriate treatment process for a specific application, and be able to identify appropriate

pre-treatment and post treatment schemes, and cleaning protocols for these processes.

Course Content

Types of Sedimentation and coagulation, settling tests, scale up, Batch flow and continuous flow

operations. Coagulation, mechanisms of coagulation, effect of turbidity and alkalinity, chemistry of

coagulants.

Flow through beds of solids: Slow sand filters, rapid sand filters, ion exchange units, adsorption towers,

contacting towers, flow through expanded beds, flow through porous plates and membranes.

Gas transfer and Disinfection Mechanism of transfer, film coefficients and equilibrium

relationship, gas disperses, packed columns, tray columns, spray units. Disinfection, mechanism, different

agents.

Advanced treatment operations: Adsorption, isotherms, reverses osmosis, electro-dialysis, ultrafiltration,

etc. Applications of Unit Operations in Water Treatment and Design of Physical Facilities.

Course Outcomes


CO1: Depth knowledge of physical chemical unit processes.

CO2: Candidate should be able to use skills to perform research at a higher level.


1. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, and Reuse by Metcalf and Eddy Inc, Tata McGraw Hill.

2. Physicochemical Processes for Water Quality Control by Weber W. Wiley-Interscience, New York.

3. Water and Wastewater Treatment by Schroeder E D., McGraw-Hill.

4. Ministry of Urban Development, Govt of India – Manual for Water Treatment.


Course Name : Environmental Engineering Laboratory-I


Contact Hours/Week: 4P Course Credits: 02

Course Objectives

To introduce students to how the common environmental experiments relating to water and

wastewater quality are performed.

This course will help students know which tests are appropriate for given environmental problems,

statistically interpret laboratorial results and write technical reports, and apply the laboratorial results

to problem identification, quantification, and basic environmental design and technical solutions.

List of Experiments

1. To determine Turbidity in water/wastewater sample.

2. To determine Alkalinity in water/wastewater sample.

3. To determine Hardness in water/wastewater sample.

4. To determine Chlorides, Sulphate and nitrates in water/wastewater sample.

5. To determine Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in water/wastewater sample.

6. To determine Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in water/wastewater sample.

7. To determine Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in water/wastewater sample.

8. Microbiological quality of water – MPN, Plate count and membrane filtration techniques

9. Isolation and growth of bacteria.

10. Microscopy, staining techniques

Course Outcomes


CO1: Perform common environmental experiments relating to water and wastewater quality, and

know which tests are appropriate for given environmental problems.

CO2: Statistically analyse and interpret laboratorial results.

CO3: Apply the laboratorial results to problem identification, quantification, and basic

environmental design and technical solutions.

CO4: Understand and use the water and wastewater sampling procedures and sample preservations.


Course Name : Solid and Hazardous Waste Management


Course Type : Core


Course Objectives

Understanding of problems of municipal waste, biomedical waste, hazardous waste, e-waste,

industrial waste etc.

Knowledge of legal, institutional and financial aspects of management of solid wastes.

Become aware of Environment and health impacts solid waste mismanagement.

Understand engineering, financial and technical options for waste management.

Course Content

Solid waste sources - nature and characteristics - Quantities and Qualities - generation rates – Potential of

disease - nuisance and other problems. Collection and Storage

Solid waste management – Functional elements of solid waste-on-site storage, collection and separation. –

Containers and its location – collection systems- vehicle routing- route balance- transfer station -

Processing- recovery and reuse. Disposal methods – sanitary land filling, planning, site selection, design.

Monitoring Closure and post closure monitoring – Other methods like incineration, pyrolysis, and

composting, biological digestion. Hazardous Waste Management Introduction to hazardous waste –

Definition, characterization and composition – TCLP test – The magnitude of problem – Risk assessment -

– Storage and transportation of hazardous waste – Labelling of hazardous waste – Physical, Chemical and

Biological treatment of hazardous waste – Bioremediation of hazardous waste – Treatment of nuclear

waste and Radio-active waste. Biomedical waste and BMW-98 Rules - MSW-2000 Rules – Legislation for

E-waste and radioactive waste.

Course Outcomes

CO1: Do sampling and characterization of solid waste;

CO2: Analysis of hazardous waste constituents including QA/QC issues;

CO3: Understand health and environmental issues related to solid waste management;

CO4: Apply steps in solid waste management-waste reduction at source, collection techniques,

materials and resource recovery/recycling, transport, optimization of solid waste transport,

treatment and disposal techniques.


1. Municipal Solid Waste Management: Pollution Technologies Review by David Rimbers, Noyes Data

Corporation, London.

2. Hazardous Waste Management by Michael D. Lagrega, Phillip L. Buckingham, Jeffrey C. Evans,

McGraw Hill, New York.

3. Hazardous Waste Management by Gaynor W. Dawson, Basil W. Mercer, Wiley Interscience, New

York.


Course Name : Advanced Wastewater Treatment


Course Type : Core


Course Objectives

To apply knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and microbiology to solve and analyse

engineering problems related to water and wastewater collection, transport, quality and treatment.

To use the fundamental principles of mass balance, chemical kinetics and equilibrium to design water

or wastewater reactors to achieve a desirable treatment goal.

Course Content

Kinetics of Biological Growth, Nutrition and growth conditions, Effect of environmental conditions,

bacterial growth in terms of numbers and mass, growth curve, interpretation of curve, substrate limited

growth, Monod's expression, substrate utilization and cell growth, effect of endogenous metabolism,

inhibition, effect of temperature, application of growth and substrate removal kinetics to biological

treatment.

Reactors and Reactor analysis, Types of reactors and their analysis.

Biological Processes, Fundamentals and design concepts of aerobic treatment processes. Anaerobic

treatment processes, Nutrient removal and Pond treatment processes: Biological processes for nitrogen and

phosphorus removal. Different pond treatment systems

Biological processes for sludge processing.

Course Outcomes


CO1: Select or construct appropriate treatment schemes to remove certain pollutants present in water

or wastewater.

CO2: Design a water or wastewater treatment component.

CO3: Balance chemical reactions and use balanced reactions to determine the distribution of species

at equilibrium

CO4: Learn how to characterize wastewater, and the best available technology (BAT) for physical,

chemical and microbiological treatment of wastewater.


1. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, and Reuse by Metcalf and Eddy Inc, Tata McGraw Hill.

2. Biological Process Design for Wastewater Treatment by Benefield L D, Randall, C W.,

Prentice Hall.

3. Water and Wastewater Treatment by Schroeder E D., McGraw-Hill.

4. Wastewater Treatment: Concepts and Design Approach by Karia G L, Christian R A.,

Prentice Hall.

5. Wastewater treatment for pollution control by Soli J Arceivala, Dr. Shyam R. Asolekar,

McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited.


Course Name : Microbiology and Ecology


Course Type : Core


Course Objectives

Understand the role of micro-organisms as agents of environmental change.

Recognize micro-organisms as indicators of alteration of an ecosystem.

Understand microbial processes aimed to solve environmental problems.

Course Content

Microorganisms - classification, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, structure, characteristics, nucleic

acids, DNA and RNA, replication. Recombinant DNA. Viruses, their detection and quantification.

Microscopy, Measurements and Isolation of Microorganism, Different Cultures, Media and

Techniques of Staining and Enumeration of microorganism.

Enzyme and enzyme kinetics, Metabolism, respiration, fermentation, Glycolysis, Krebs’s cycle,

carbohydrate, protein, lipids, significance of energetics. Chemical composition of cell and nature of

organic matter used by microorganisms. Metabolic classification of microorganisms : phototrophs,

chemotropism, applications in environmental engineering

Distribution of microorganisms, indicator organisms, coliforms - fecal coliforms - E.coli,

Streptococcus fecal is differentiation of coliforms - significance - MPN index, M.F. technique,

standards. Microbiology of wastewater treatment processes such as activated sludge process, trickling

filter, anaerobic processes.

Introduction to Microbiology of Soil and Air and Industrial Microbiology, Microbiology of

bioremediation and solid waste treatment

Bio-sphere, earth energy budget, Ecosystem, Uniformitarianism, the ecology of population,

Ecosystem and communities: Physical and biological properties

Course Outcomes


CO1: Apply knowledge of biology on certain species of micro-organisms in order to use them as bio-

indicators.

CO2: Apply the metabolic processes of micro-organisms to industrial processes related to

environment.

CO3: Develop analysis and synthesis skills.


1. Environmental Microbiology by Maier R M, Pepper I L and Gerba C P., Elsevier- AP.

2. Microbiology by Pelczar, Jr, M.J., Chan, E.C.S., Krieg, R.N., and Pelczar M. F, Tata McGraw-

Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi.

3. Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications by Rittman B, McCarty P L

McCarty P, McGraw-Hill.


Course Name : Environmental Engineering Laboratory-II


Contact Hours/Week: 4P Course Credits: 02

Course Objectives

To introduce students to how the common environmental experiments relating to water and

wastewater quality are performed.

This course will help students know which tests are appropriate for given environmental problems,

statistically interpret laboratorial results and write technical reports, and apply the laboratorial results

to problem identification, quantification, and basic environmental design and technical solutions.

List of Experiments

1. To determine the H2O2 in a solution.

2. To determine the Sludge Volume Index (SVI) in the sewage sample.

3. To determine solids in wastewater sample.

4. To determine COD in waste water sample.

5. To determine the presence of invertebrates using microscope.

6. To determine Proximate Analysis in solid waste sample.

7. Determination of Fluoride in wastewater sample.

8. To determine optimum dose of Alum for Coagulation and Flocculation.

9. Isolation and Identification of micro-organisms.

10. To determine the presence of coliform organisms using MPN technique (Presumptive test).

Course Outcomes


CO1: Perform common environmental experiments relating to water and wastewater quality, and

know which tests are appropriate for given environmental problems.

CO2: Statistically analyse and interpret laboratorial results.

CO3: Apply the laboratorial results to problem identification, quantification, and basic

environmental design and technical solutions.

CO4: Understand and use the water and wastewater sampling procedures and sample preservations.


Course Name : Industrial Waste Management

Couse Code : CE-791

Course Type : Programme Elective I


Course Objectives

Present scenario of industrial waste management in India nationally, in Maharashtra and in other

states.

Industrial waste generation patterns, as well as management and disposal techniques.

Central and state pollution control board guidelines on industrial waste management.

Course Content

Industrial waste source, Nature and characteristics, quantity and quality of industrial wastes and their

impact on the environment, waste volume reduction, waste strength reduction, neutralization, removal

of suspended and colloidal solids, removal of inorganic and organic dissolved solids, disposal of

sludge solid – treatment of cyanide waste – heavy metal and radio activity.

Management of industrial waste for various industries like dairy, sugar, paper, distillery, textile,

tannery, food processing, fertilizer, pharmaceutical industrial.

Development of integrated treatment for waste water – physico chemical treatment tertiary treatment

methodologies - recent trends in clean technologies – zero polluting industry concept – Reuse and

recycle of waste water.

Course Outcomes

After the successful completion of the course student will be able to understand:

CO1: Schemes, incentives, policies on industrial waste management.

CO2: Overview of product design for waste minimization.

CO3: Cost benefit analysis of different waste management techniques


1. Liquid waste of Industries by Nemerow, N.L., Addison Wesely.

2. Wastewater Treatment by Rao M N and Datta A K, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, New

Delhi.

3. Industrial Water Pollution Control by Eckenfelder, McGraw-Hill.

4. Wastewater Engineering-treatment, Disposal, Refuse by Metcalf and Eddy, T.M.H. Edition, New

Delhi.


Course Name: Computation Techniques in Civil Engineering

Course Code: CE-713

Course Type: Programme Elective I


Course Objectives

To provide an introduction to the basic principles, techniques, and applications of soft

computing.

To provide the mathematical background for carrying out the optimization associated with

neural network learning

To impart the skills of using soft computing in research problems

Course Content

Introduction: Introduction of soft computing, soft computing vs. hard computing, various types

of soft computing techniques, Fuzzy Computing, Neural Computing, Genetic Algorithms

GA: Gene, Chromisome, Allele, Schemata Theory, genotype, phenotype, competition and

selection – different types, Crossover – different techniques, elitism, mutation – different

types, stopping criteria, Flow chart of GA.

Evolutionary Algorithm: Simulated annealing, Evolutionary programming, hill climbing

Fuzzy: Membership function, fuzzyfication, fuzzy operator, interference rules, defuzzyfication,

exploration and exploitation

PSO, Ant colony optimization

Course Outcomes


CO1: Apply soft computing techniques in research problems

Books and References 1. Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing, J.S.R.Jang, C.T.Sun and E.Mizutani, Pearson

Education, 2004.

2. Artificial Neural Network, Simon O. Haykin, PHI, 2003.


Course Name : Environmental Impact Assessment




Course Objectives

To understand the concepts of ecology, sustainable development and EIA.

To explore current EIA process in India.

To acquire knowledge about various methods for conducting EIA, Environmental Legislation &

Environmental Audit

Course Content

Environmental management- problems and strategies - Review of political, ecological and remedial

actions - future strategies - multidisciplinary environmental strategies decision making and concepts of

sustainable development. Concept of environmental audit - Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) - Environmental

Management System - Introduction to ISO 14000, OSHA and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

& Carbon credits. Introduction to various major natural disasters - flood, tropical cyclone, droughts,

landslides, heat waves, earthquakes, fire hazards, tsunami etc., Factors for disaster - climate change,

global rise in sea level, coastal erosion, environmental degradation, large dams, Legislative

responsibilities of disaster management. Environmental legislation of Air, Water & Hazardous Waste -

Environment Protection Act-1986 - Regulatory standards of CPCB / GPCB / BIS - EIA need and

Notification - Environmental clearance. Introduction and Planning: Evolution of Environmental Impact

Assessment - concepts of EIA - EIA methodologies screening and scoping - rapid and comprehensive

EIA - General framework of EIA - characterization and site assessment - Environmental inventory -

Prediction and assessment of impact - Impact assessment methodologies like adhoc method, checklist,

overlap, network, model and index method. Decision methods of evaluation of alternatives -

development of decision matrix - Public participation in environmental decision making - Objective of

public participation -Technique for conflict management and dispute resolution- Verbal communication

and Public Hearing in EIA studies - Status of EIA in India - Some typical case studies of EIA industrial

and infrastructure projects.

Course Outcomes


CO 1: Understand the importance & concepts of carrying out EIA.

CO 2: Acquire knowledge about current EIA process in India.

CO 3: Acquire knowledge about various methods & data requirements for conducting EIA.

CO 4: Analyze Impact’s associated with various components of environment.

CO 5: Plan for mitigation of the impacts & monitor the mitigation measures.

CO 6: Acquire knowledge about Environmental Legislation & Environmental Audit.


1. Larry W. Canter, "Environmental Impact Assessment", Tata Mcgraw Hill Co, Singapore, 1996.

2. R. K. Jain, L. V. Urban & G. S. Stacey, “Environmental Impact Analysis”, Van Nostrand

Reinhold Company, New York. (1977)

3. R. E. Munn, “Environmental Impact Assessment”, John Wiley & Sons, Toronto, 1979.

4. Suresh K. Dhameja, “Environmental Engineering and Management”, S. K. Kataria & Sons, Delhi.

(2004)

5. Relevant MoEF Notifications and CPCB / GPCB Acts & Rules.


Course Name : Geo-environmental Engineering




Course Objectives

Understand the geoenvironmental issues at global, regional, and local levels

Familiarize with the current environmental problems

Identify the Sources of wastes and options available for Waste management

Landfill design and considerations

Geosynthetics and natural Geotextiles and their role in geoenvironmental engineering

Expose themselves to real geoenvironmental problems, and link them with the community and the

industry

Course Content

Introduction: Introduction to Geo environmental engineering, environmental cycle, sources, production

and classification of waste, causes of soil pollution, factors governing soil-pollutant interaction, Safe

disposal of waste.

Contaminant Transport: Contaminant transport in sub surface, advection, diffusion, dispersion,

governing equations, contaminant transformation, sorption, biodegradation and ion exchange.

Landfill design and considerations: Precipitation, hydrological consideration in land fill design, site

selection for landfills, characterization of land fill sites, waste characterization, stability of landfills,

current practice of waste disposal, passive containment system.

Geosynthetics in environmental geotechnics: Application of geo synthetics in solid waste management,

rigid or flexible liners, bearing capacity of compacted fills, foundation for waste fill ground.

Ground water pollution: – Ground water pollution, pollution of aquifers by mixing of liquid waste,

protecting aquifers.

Course Outcomes


CO1: learn the design of landfills and shall be able to handle the geoenvironmental problem in actual

practice.


1. Waste disposal in engineered landfills by Manoj Dutta, Narosa Publishing House.

2. Geosynthetics and Their Applications by S. K. Shukla and J.H Yin, CRC Press.

3. Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice by Ramesha Chandrappa & Diganta Bhusan

Das, Springer


Course Name : Introduction to Climate Change

Couse Code : CE - 792

Course Type : Programme Elective II


Course Objectives

Able to identify causes for climate change and to classify causes based on time-scales

Gain the historical perspective necessary to assess our recent changes in climate (i.e.

global warming over the last 100 years) and the scientific basis to analyze and critique

policy issues related to global warming.

Course Content

The physical science of climate change Climate System; Causes of Climate Change, Climate data and

trends; Analyses of climate data; Global atmospheric composition: Greenhouse gases and aerosols;

Extreme weather events, sea level rise; Climate projections and their uncertainties.

Climate impacts, vulnerability and risks Assessing climate impacts on key sectors and systems (heat

stress, water resources, coastal zones, agricultural systems); Concepts of vulnerability and risk;

Assessing vulnerability and risk; Concepts of coping, adaptation and risk management, adaptive

capacity, indicators and metrics; Adaptation planning and management including mainstreaming and

climate resilient development.

Climate mitigation and policy Economics of climate change, Least cost carbon strategies; Frameworks

for multi-criteria mitigation assessment; Multilateral and national responses; International climate

negotiations and geopolitics of response; Policies and measures, including CDM, emissions trading;

National policies for climate change (NAPCC, national missions).

Course Outcomes

CO1: Identify the anthropogenic drivers of climate change.

CO2: Explain observed and projected trends and impacts in the climate

CO3: Analyse different climate change scenarios and their implications.


1. IPCC, 2013: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I

to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F.,

D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M.

Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY,

USA, 1535 pp. 2.

2. Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey, John. M. Wallace & Peter V. Hobbs, Academic

Press 2006, pp1-60. 3.

3. IPCC, 2007: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of

Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change, M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds.,

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 976pp.

4. Climate Change: From Science to Sustainability by Stephen Peake and Joe Smith, Oxford, 2nd ed.,

2009

5. IPCC, 2011: IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation.

Prepared by Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [O. Edenhofer,

R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. Eickemeier, G.

Hansen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow (eds)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United

Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 1075 pp.


Course Name : Environmental Management




Course Objectives

Understand environmental management approaches

Understand deliberate efforts to translate environmental knowledge into action in order

to achieve particular outcomes in the way landscapes, societies and/or natural

ecosystems are used and managed.

Gain the historical perspective necessary to assess our recent changes in climate (i.e.

global warming over the last 100 years) and the scientific basis to analyze and critique

policy issues related to global warming

Course Content

Concept of Sustainable Development and Clean Development Mechanisms (CDMs); Overview of

Environmental Laws and International Treaties; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and

Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for Industries and other Developmental Projects; Life Cycle

Assessment of Products, Processes and Services; Concepts of Environmental Justice and

Environmental Ethics; Environmental Movements; Environmental Activism

Course Outcomes

CO1: Analyse environmental management in relation to the principles of sustainable development.

CO2: Translate generic concepts and methods into critical reviews of contemporary, real-world

environmental management practices.


1. Ramchandran T.V.; Vijay Kulkarni; Environmental Management, TERI, 2009.

2. Rosencranz, A., Divan, S. and Noble, M.L., Environmental Law and Policy in India : Cases,

Materials and Statutes, Tripathi Pvt. Ltd, Bombay,

3. Welford, R., Corporate Environmental Management, Earthscan Publications Limited, London.


Course Name : GIS and its Application in Civil Engineering


Course Type : Programme elective II


Course Objectives

Understanding the need of CAD and GIS,

Understanding map projection and working with coordinate systems,

Understanding vector-based and raster-based data data analysis,

Review of application areas of GIS in Civil Engineering, and

Understanding basic principles of remote sensing.

Course Content

Basics of remote sensing: Introduction to Remote Sensing, data acquisition and processing,

Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) and its characteristics, Radiation principles, prosperities of solar

radiant energy, atmospheric windows. Interaction in the atmosphere, nature of atmospheric

interaction, atmospheric effects of visible, near infra‐ red thermal and microwave wavelengths,

interaction at ground surface, interaction with soils and rocks, effects of soil moisture, organic matter,

particles, size and texture, interaction with vegetation, spectral characteristics of individual leaf,

vegetation canopies, effect of leaf pigments, radiation geometry. Introduction with GIS: Def. of GIS,

Difference between GIS and CAD worlds, utility of GIS, various GIS packages and their salient

features, essential components of a GIS, scanners and digitizers. Map projection and coordinate

systems: Introduction, geographic Grid, Map projection, Coordinate systems. Vector data models and

Analysis: vector data and its representation, topological data structure, non-topological vector data

structure, TIN, Region, vector data editing and analysis. Raster data models and Analysis: acquiring

and handling of raster data storage, function of raster-based GIS data analysis. Engineering

applications of GIS: applications of GIS in civil engineering

Course Outcomes


CO1: Understand the principles of remote sensing,

CO2: Understand the principles of geographic information systems,

CO3: Apply remote sensing and GIS to solving problems of Civil Engineering,

CO4: Maximize the efficiency of planning and spatial decision making, and

CO5: Integrate geographically referenced data and develop queries to generate usable information.

Books and References 1. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation : T.M. Lillensand and R.W. Keifer

2. Principles of Remote Sensing : P.J. Curren

3. Concept and Techniques of Geographical Information systems : C.P. Lo and Albert K.W.Yeung

4. Introduction to Geographical Information systems : Kang-tsung Chang

5. Geographical Information systems- A Management Perspective : Stan Aromoff


Course Name : Hazardous Waste and Remediation of Contaminated Sites




Course Objectives

Understand the hazardous waste issues at global, regional, and local levels

Familiarize with the current environmental problems

Identify the Sources of hazardous wastes

Learn contaminated sites remediation techniques

Course Content

Hazardous Waste: Hazardous waste control and storage system, stabilization/ solidification of

hazardous wastes, mechanism of stabilization – organic and inorganic stabilization – utilization of solid

waste for soil improvement. Encapsulation: Micro and macro encapsulation, absorption, adsorption,

precipitation and detoxification. Remediation of contaminated sites: Rational approach to evaluate and

remediate contaminated sites, monitored natural attenuation, exsitu and insitu remediation,

solidification, bio–remediation, incineration, soil washing, electro kinetics, soil heating, verification

and bio venting. Ground water remediation: – Ground water remediation, pump and treat, air sparging

and reactive well.

Course Outcomes


CO1: Learn the sources of hazardous waste and remediation techniques of contaminated sites and

ground water.

Books and References 1. Brezonik, Chemical Kinetics & Process Dynamics in Aquatic Systems,1994.

2. Fetter, Charles W. Jr., Contaminant Hydrogeology, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1993.

3. LaGrega, Michael, Hazardous Waste Management, McGraw-Hill Co., 1994.

4. Solid Waste Management, Engineering Principles and Management Issues, McGraw-Hill, Inc.,

1993.

5. Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, CRC Press, any of the past fifteen years


Course Name : Bioremediation-Principles and Applications

Couse Code : CE-701

Course Type : Programme Elective III


Course Objectives

The purpose of this course is to introduce the underlying biogeochemical concepts

pertinent to remediation of soil and groundwater, and describe how systems can be

successfully engineered to support/promote remediation with an emphasis on

bioremediation.

Course Content

Introduction; Contaminated soil remediation options; Containment systems - Cover systems , Vertical

barriers , Horizontal barriers , Hydraulic control measures ; In-situ treatment systems ; Ex-situ

treatment systems ; Factors affecting bioremediation - Microbial constrains , Chemical constrains ,

Biodegradability of contaminants ; Other contaminant properties - Nutrients , Oxygen, air, hydrogen

peroxide, Alternative electron acceptors, Metal ions, Toxic compounds, Biogeochemical parameters;

Environmental constrains- Temperature, pH, Moisture content - water activity, Redox potential.

Bio-stimulation; Bio-augmentation; Monitored natural attenuation; Biotransformation of metals,

metalloids and radionuclides; Bio-precipitation; Bio-reduction –Bio-oxidation; Bio-sorption;

Phytoremediation.

Course Outcomes

CO1. Identify which pollutants are of greatest concern, describe the principles of various physical

and chemical remediation technologies and relate selection of these technologies to the

properties of contaminants.

CO2. Determine what is needed for site characterization, explain the relevance to selection of

appropriate remediation strategies, and determine when bioremediation is an appropriate

technology and its advantages and limitations.


1. Introduction and overview of bioremediation by Baker, K.H., and Herson, D.S., McGraw-Hill,

New York.

2. Trends in Biotechnology by Hamer, G., Elsevier.

3. Fungi in Bioremediation by Gadd, G.M., Cambridge University Press.

4. Mycoremediation: fungal bioremediation by Singh, H., John Wiley & Sons.

5. Phytoremediation of Metal- Contaminated Soils by Morel, J.-L., Echevarria, G., and Goncharova,

N. (Eds.), IOS Press, Amsterdam, and Springer in conjunction with the NA.


Course Name : Design of Treatment Plants and Equipment Course Code : CE-702



Course Objectives

To provide detailed information on wastewater treatment plants.

Designing of components for environmental waste treatment plants

Course Content

Design of screens, grit chamber, skimming tank, and flotation tank. Design of equalization tank,

Design of plug flow and complete mix activated sludge process, secondary settling tank, trickling

filter, bio tower, rotating biological contactors, sequencing batch reactor, oxidation ditch, and aerated

lagoon.

Design of oxidation ponds, Inhoff tank, septic tank, design of sludge digestion, sludge thickening unit,

sludge trying bed, incinerators, Design of anaerobic reactors, Design of anaerobic filter, UASB reactor.

Design of disposal system.

Course Outcomes


CO1: Depth knowledge of designing of components of treatment plant.

CO2: Candidate should be able to calculate the design methods.


1. Ministry of Urban development, Govt of India – Manual for Sewage Treatment.

2. Qasim S R, Motley E M and Zhu G. Water Works Engineering, Prentice-Hall India, 2006.

3. Montgomery – Water Treatment Principles and Design, John Wiley and Sons.

4. Metcalf and Eddy Inc – Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, and Reuse, 4th edition, Tata

McGraw Hill, 2007.


Course Name : Environmental Hydrology




Course Objectives

To analyse and calculate the basic flows within the hydrological cycle in terms of the

quantities of water and energy that move within various states.

To integrate hydrological principles and river management objectives to negotiate and

formulate water basin management contracts among opposing viewpoints.

To enable students to describe the basic legal principles and conflict resolution alternatives

that is relevant to river basin management.

Course Content

Basic concepts of environmental hydrology; water cycle, water balance and hydrological processes;

environment and water; hydrology and climate, physical and biological interactions; water-related

environmental problems; hydrological characteristics of India; drinking water, drinking water

regulation and standards, water testing; forest hydrology, hydrological processes in forested area; urban

hydrology, urbanization and hydrological processes, runoff process and flood; storm water storage and

infiltration, reconstruction of urban water cycle; domestic, industrial, commercial, agriculture, and

public water uses; water rights and development; water pollution and water quality policy, point and

non-point source pollution and control, self-purification; sewage treatment; groundwater pollution,

background and measurements of groundwater contamination, sources and fate of contaminants,

organic solvents, phosphate and nitrate, remediation.

Course Outcomes


CO1: Effectively communicate hydrologic concepts and research.

CO2: Collect and analyze hydrologic data.

CO3: Understand a basic hydrologic or water resources research project that involves integrated

problem solving.


1. Environmental Hydrology by Ward A.D. and S.W. Trimble, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press.

2. Hydrology: An Environmental Approach by Watson and Burnett, CRC Press.

3. Soil and Water Management Systems by Schwab G. O, Delmar D. Fangmeier, Elliot,

William J., John Wiley & Sons


Course Name : Environmental Toxicology and Health


Course Type : Programme Elective IV


Course Objectives

Exposure of man and animal to potentially hazardous environmental factors of chemical,

biological or physical nature.

The effects caused by such exposure on health of man, animal and environment.

Course Content

Dimensions of environmental health, causative agents of diseases, social factors, urban problems,

housing and health, economy and health, climate and other atmospheric elements, violence, crime and

mental health, family health practice, health care planning and delivery, chronic and communicable

diseases.

Industrial and agricultural pollutants, occupational health, epidemiological data, occupational health

hazards, environmental exposure and diseases, industrial toxicants, hazardous wastes, preventing

exposure to unhealthy and unsafe working conditions, ergonomics, controlling stress of life.

Disease control, disease prevention, morbidity and mortality, diseases and progressive deterioration,

controlling diseases and disability.

Foodborne and waterborne diseases outbreaks, Nuclear energy and environmental health, concerns and

uncertainties about nuclear power, nuclear power plants, safety.

Environmental health planning, need for planning, the planning process. Environmental health

services, various agencies, international efforts, role of industry, voluntary health agencies, Law and

human welfare, public health and the law, constitutional right to healthy environment, environmental

education Health aspects of water supply and sanitation, disposal of wastewater in rural and urban

areas, integrated approach to health and sanitation.

Transmission of diseases through air, water and food. Insect vector and rodent control. Excreta

treatment and management in rural and urban slums, low cost options. Software related to

environmental health and hygiene.

Course Outcomes

CO1: Critically evaluate different advanced exposure assessment methods

CO2: Design strategies for exposure assessment

CO3: Analyse and interpret exposure measurements applying different modelling tools (stochastic

and deterministic).


1. Environmental Health Engineering in the Tropics by Cairncross S, Feachem R.,John Wiley & Sons.

2. Environmental Health by Morgan M T, Wadsworth Publishing Co.


Course Name : Disaster Management




Course Objectives

To impart knowledge about the disaster Management

To introduce the fundamental concepts relevant to various aspect of disaster

To enable the students to understand the factors that causes the disaster.

To be able to assess risk and vulnerability for natural and man-made hazard

Course Content

Introduction to Natural & Man-made Disasters, Understanding Disasters, Geological and Mountain

Area Disasters, Wind and Water Related Natural Disaster, Man Made Disasters, Technologies for

Disaster Management role of information technology in Disaster Preparedness, Remote Sensing, GIS

and GPS, Use and Application of Emerging Technologies, Application of Modern Technologies for the

Emergency communication, Application and use of ICST for different disasters. Rehabilitation,

Reconstruction and Recovery: Introduction and basic concept. Disaster Response and Management:

Introduction to Response Essential Components, Stakeholders Co-ordination in Disaster Response,

Human Behaviour and Response Management and Relief Measures. Disaster Mitigation: meaning and

concept, Disaster Mitigation Strategies, Emerging Trends in Disaster Mitigation, Mitigation

management, Role of Team and Coordination.

Course Outcomes

After learning the course, the students should be able to:

CO1: Understand disasters, disaster preparedness, role of IT, remote sensing, GIS and GPS,

CO2: Understand Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Recovery,

CO3: Apply knowledge Disaster Response and Management, Risk Assessment and

Vulnerability Analysis.

CO4: Understand Disaster Mitigation


1. Natural Hazards, Bryant Edwards, Cambridge University Press, U.K.

2. Carter, W. Nick, 1991: Disaster Management, Asian Development Bank, Manila.

3. Sahni, Pardeep et.al. (eds.) 2002, Disaster Mitigation Experiences and Reflections,

Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

4. Roy, P.S. (2000): Space Technology for Disaster management: A Remote Sensing & GIS

Perspective, IIRS (NRSA) Dehradun.

5. Sharma, R.K. & Sharma, G. (2005) (ed) Natural Disaster, APH Publishing Corporation,

New Delhi.

6. Singh Satendra (2003): Disaster Management in the Hills, Concept Publishing Company,

New Delhi.

7. Taori, K (2005) Disaster Management through Panchayati Raj, Concept Publishing

Company, New Delhi.


Course Name : River Engineering




Course Objectives

To enable students to apply fundamental concepts and techniques of hydraulics and

hydrology in the analysis, design, and operation of water resources systems.

To understand the mechanism of transport of various matters in rivers, and acquire the

skills for evaluating the amounts of sediment transport and river bed evolution, and

applying each element technology to practical problems.

Course Content

Introduction to river engineering, River classifications, thresholds in river morphology, hydraulic

geometry, meander plan form, geomorphic analysis of river channel responses; Fundamentals of

alluvial channel flows, uniform and unsteady cases, shear stress distribution, flow resistance in rivers;

Physical properties of sediments, sediment movement in rivers, shear stress, Shields diagram, scouring

around bridge piers and embankments, river bed forms; Analysis of river meanders, design of stable

alluvial channels-regime concept, dimensional model studies for rivers, braided rivers, scaling and

hierarchy in braided rivers, alternate bars, bed load transport in braided gravel-bed rivers; Stream bank

erosion, bank protection, flow control structures, bank protection and river training along braided

rivers.

Course Outcomes


CO1: Identify and justify appropriate engineering solutions.

CO2: Make observations of and investigate hypotheses about river processes and the impacts

of river engineering alternatives.

CO3: Familiarize regional and global river systems and management


1. Fluvial Processes in River Engineering by Chang, H. H., John Wiley.

2. Fundamentals of Fluvial Geomorphology by Charlton, R., Taylor and Francis.

3. Braided Rivers: Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management by Gregory H., Blackwell

Publishing.

4. Sediment Transport-Theory and Practice by Yang, C. T., McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.,

New Delhi.

5. Fluvial Forms and Processes by Knighton, D., Edward Arnold, Baltimore, MD.

6. Rivers Form and Process in Alluvial Channels by Richards, K., Methuen, NY.

7. River Mechanics, Vol. I and II by Shen, H.W., Water Resources Publication, Fort

Collins, CO.

8. Applied fluvial geomorphology for river engineering management by Thorne, C R, Hey,

R. D. and Newson, M.D. John Wiley & Sons


Course Name : Transportation Environment Interaction




Course Objectives

To impart the knowledge of how transportation facilities affecting the environment

To make the students understand the noise sources and its mitigation for urban and non-

urban transportation

To make the students understand different vehicle emission parameters, pollution standards

and its mitigation strategies

Course Content

Transportation Safety: Pre-crash, Crash and Post-crash models; Roles of vehicle, roadway, traffic, driver

and environment; Crash and injury causations Modes of Transportation, Mixed Traffic Flow, Transport

Related Pollution, Technology Vision-2020, Urban and Non-urban Traffic Noise, Noise Sources, Noise

Level Factors, Effects of Traffic Noise, Noise Standards. Measurement and Prediction, Control Measures,

Noise Studies, Road Transport related air pollution, Sources of air pollution, effects of weather conditions,

Vehicular emission parameters, Pollution standards, measurement and analysis of vehicular emission,

Mitigative measures, EIA requirements of Highway Projects, procedures, Ministry of Environment and

Forests (MOEF)/World Bank/IRC/UK Guidelines, EIA Practices in India.

Course Outcomes


CO1: Map traffic noises

CO2: Model vehicle emission for given conditions

CO3: Design transportation facility ensuring less environmental impact as per standard

guidelines


1. Road Traffic Noise by Alexandra, A., Lamure, C. and Langdon, F.J., Applied Science

Publishers Limited, London.

2. Highway Traffic Analysis and Design by Salter, R.J., Macmillan Press Limited, London.

3. Noise Control Management, Analysis and Control of Sound and Vibration by Wilson, C.E.,

Harper and Row Publishers, New York.

4. Environmental Factors in Urban Planning by Grand Jean, E., and Gilgen, A., Taylor and

Francis Limited, London

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